ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA CALLS ON BARACK OBAMA TO MAKE NAGORNO KARABAKH A PARTY IN NEGOTIATIONS ON KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Noyan Tapan
July 24, 2009
YEREVAN, JULY 24, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Karabakh problem
cannot be solved unless the Nagorno Karabakh Republic participates
in the negotiations. The Head of the Armenia and NKR Office of the
Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) Arpi Vardanian expressed this
conviction during the July 24 press conference. "The Assembly recently
sent a latter to U.S.
President Barack Obama, calling on the president to fulfill one of his
pre-election promises and make Karabakh a party in the negotiations,"
she stated.
In her words, being a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group and a
superpower, the U.S. can involve the people of Nagorno Karabakh in
the discussions. In response to the question about whether Obama will
keep this promise when he has already broken his promise regarding the
Armenian Genocide, Arpi Vardanian replied that presidents have their
interests, while the Armenian community has its interests. According to
her, if even once Obama has not justified the hopes of the Armenians,
the community must continue lobbying until the achievement of results.
A. Vardanian said that it is ten years that the AAA has been
implementing a student program, under which each year young Armenian
Americans visit Armenia for two months. They become acquainted with
homeland and engage in professional activities.